> 2.4.5 is 26 meg now. It's time to consider forking the kernel. Alan has> already stuck his tippy-toe is that pool, and his toe is fine.

> For a client-use Linux kernel, I suggest, and will be and have been> persuing, features and non-features such as...> > forget POSIX

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> In short, an open source OS for end-users should be very serious about> simplicity, and not just pay lip-service to it. There is evidence of the> value of this in the marketplace. What doesn't exist is an OS where> simplicity is systemic. This is why end-user issues pertain to the kernel> at all. This is how open source should be. Simple, or at least clear,> through and through. Linux has lost a lot of simplicity since I got into> it in '96, and that is a loss.

Don't feed the trolls. The underlying kernel is nothing compared to anentire system. End-users don't mock with kernels but install theirvendor's RPM, plus compiled Linux kernels are usually so much smaller onmy machines than FreeBSD kernels. So just ignore this.-To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" inthe body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.orgMore majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.htmlPlease read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/